舌

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tongue

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Pictograph (象形字)

A tongue 千 sticking out of a mouth 口

Components 千口

tongue · Heisig RSH #40

口 mouth + 千 thousand

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大舌头	dà shé tou	(coll.) lisp; one who lisps
多嘴多舌	duō zuǐ duō shé	to gossip and meddle; to shoot one's mouth off; talkative
调嘴学舌	tiáo zuǐ xué shé	to incite trouble between people (idiom)
龙舌兰酒	lóng shé lán jiǔ	tequila
平舌音	píng shé yīn	alveolar; consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
龙舌兰	lóng shé lán	agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana; agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (disti…
白花蛇舌草	bái huā shé shé cǎo	Hedyotis diffusa
舌下片	shé xià piàn	sublingual tablet (medicine)
有嘴没舌	yǒu zuǐ mò shé	struck dumb; speechless
张口结舌	zhāng kǒu jié shé	agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words; gaping and speechless
塞舌尔群岛	Sài shé ěr Qún dǎo	the Seychelles
费口舌	fèi kǒu shé	to argue needlessly; to waste time explaining
舌头	shé tou	tongue; CL:個\|个[ge4]; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
小舌	xiǎo shé	uvula
满嘴跑舌头	mǎn zuǐ pǎo shé tou	to talk without thinking; to drivel
舌面	shé miàn	blade of tongue; laminal
长舌	cháng shé	loquacious; to have a loose tongue
舌下	shé xià	sublingual; hypoglossal
口舌	kǒu shé	dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip; to talk sb round
塞舌尔	Sài shé ěr	the Seychelles

These characters use 舌 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
舌 sound part	shé	tongue; bell clapper
活	huó	to exist, to live, to survive; living, working
舍	shè	house, dwelling; to reside, to dwell; to abandon, to give up
适	shì	match, comfortable; just
括	kuò	to embrace, to enclose, to include
刮	guā	to shave; to scrape; to blow
恬	tián	calm, peaceful; quiet, tranquil
蛞	kuò	snail, slug; mole cricket
栝	guā	a builder's frame for measuring
鸹	guā	crow